Act III

Our latest mix is a remarkable live set from The Hague-based producer Harald Uunk, who guides us through an exploration of the psyche from which we emerge anew. Harald calls upon self-made instruments, field recordings, and experimentation with hardware and software to reach the furthest limits of his sonic vision, and what we discover there is breathtaking. An immediate and compelling sense of urgency finds itself fractured, recomposed, and through the fragments we glimpse the primordial. I've been eager to hear more of Harald's work for quite some time, so the opportunity to share this set for the series feels truly special. Enjoy the journey, and thank you Harald!

@haralduunk

Artwork by Angelina Nikolayeva.

Sure Thing Mix 122: Harald Uunk

Own productions only 

Harald Uunk is a multifaceted artist whose sonic landscapes transcend boundaries and captivate the imagination. With a background as a sound designer, Harald's work pushes the boundaries of traditional music, immersing listeners in a world of audio innovation and creative storytelling.

SC : @haralduunk
IG : https://www.instagram.com/harald.uunk/

#44 - Harald Uunk

About this mix (few words from F-ON): 
"About the storytelling, well,  i can explain how the process of the recording was:
Friday night, It has been a hard and stressful day.
Everyone at home is sleeping, so I take a RedBull can from the fridge and I go to my dinner room.
I close the door, and start to record. The healing vibes start in my technics turntables and my Genelec monitors that sound very low.
I don't want to wake anyone up.
The next two hours are just for me.

His progressive sessions, profound and with long mixes, are real voyages that sail through experimental music, ambient and horizontal and dubby techno.

His productions are 4x4 experiments of low tempo with field recordings and marked spaces, where he explores timbres, textures and cinematographic structures. He is resident at the Alpenglühen and Taiga sessions and owner of the label Antimatter together with Bule.

He is also the owner of Alpenglühen (the label) focused in deep and ambient techno which explores the thin line between light and darkness.

SC : @f-ondj
IG : https://www.instagram.com/apomeda/

#45 - F-On - The Healing

soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/spekkiwebu
instagram : https://www.instagram.com/spekkiwebu.mirrorzone/

Alliance Club w/ Spekki Webu @ GIMIC - 21 February 2025

Omen Wapta boss @woodyninetytwo with a meditative mind massage. so great to have him back on his second aus tour, always an inspiration !

Sunset on FBi Radio : Woody92

Liminality

The sun had been gone for 181 days.

That was the nature of the world they had chosen. Gliese-7d, a rogue planet captured in an elliptical orbit around a dying red star, was a place of extremes. Half the year bathed in an anemic, ember-like glow; half the year swallowed by a night so absolute that it numbed the senses. The colonists called it The Verge—the razor-thin band that lay between those two realms, a twilight belt that drifted across the surface with the slow inevitability of a glacier.

The first hints of light were now visible at the horizon, a soft cerulean glow teasing the return of the star. The darkness had its own kind of peace, stretching across the sky like a cathedral vault. In the absence of the sun, the cosmos itself seemed closer, the band of the Milky Way a frozen river of light. There had been something strangely pure about it, as if existence had been reduced to its simplest terms—heat, breath, motion. And now, with the return of the light, that purity would be lost.

There was always a moment—this moment—when the threshold was crossed between the long night and the long day, a sliver of time where the world was neither one thing nor the other. The darkness receded, the light approached. For 181 days, there had been longing for warmth. Now, there was reluctance to surrender the cold.

The vapor of breath drifted into the first true light of the new cycle. Then, the darkness was behind.

Marja Ahti - Nox
James Rushford - Swansing
Charles Cohen - Middle Distance
Anthony Linell - Everything is Temporary
Urals Vector Plant - Waving Fluids
Mark Vernon - Ill Fitting Rooms
Dot Product - Ice Patches
Adiel - Blu
Merkaba Macabre - Gaslight and the Dark
DYL & DB1 - ECOU 5
Merkaba Macabre - Trilateral Descent
Katatonic Silentio - Les Chemins De L'Inconnu
Azu Tiwaline & Forest Drive West - The Pitch
Kosei Fukuda - Hakkou
Cosey Fanni Tutti - Delia Tones
Jane Deasy - to become
Javier Marimon - General Noise II (Winter In June Rework)
Slolek - Visage
General Magic & Pita  - Ding Fridge
Merkaba Macabre - Iridescent
βᾰθῠ́ς - Cavāre of the Earth
Chris Carter - Beat
Vanity Productions - This is The Sea
DAAT - Apache
Isqh - Helius Ascension
BIAS + RNX - A.D. 2021 - SP#078 | The future of this now

SC : @sciamamusic
IG : https://www.instagram.com/sciamamusic/

#46 - Sciama - Liminality

This contribution is a very special one, as it marks a new chapter in The Observatory’s sound… 

We will always be a home for ambient and experimental sounds. But, moving forward, we will also be exploring our love for dance music, with a particular focus on the deep end.

To begin this new journey and warm things up, we are so happy to welcome back Timnah, who gifts us with a two-hour recording of her set at Omen Wapta, ADE’24. A mind-bending traversal through ambient, drone, and halftime experiments, exploring the liminal spaces between the listening room and the dance floor.
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Timnah lives, works and feeds the cats in the Northwestern extremities of Switzerland. Brought up in her parents’ jazz clubs and deeply influenced by her brother’s love for dub and soundsystem culture, she started DJing just after the massively feared Millenium Bug had threatened to offset our relation to time and space. Dedicated to drawing her own map of late 20th century sonic landscapes, she spent the early 2000s exploring 90s electronics including breakbeat, triphop, ambient techno, drum&bass, house and jungle. After a short but sweet excursion into producing in the early 2010s, Timnah dedicated herself fully to spinning the wheels and transversing genres, gravitating towards her current signature sound that spans immersive sound baths and intergalactic carpet rides in half-time. Timnah is a member of Amenthia Recordings and a recent addition to the A Walking Contradiction Collective.
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Artist Support:

https://soundcloud.com/timnah-sommerfeldt
https://ra.co/dj/timnahsommerfeldt
https://www.instagram.com/timnah_amenthia

Artwork by Clayton Ciolac
https://www.instagram.com/cccccclaytonciolac/

The Observatory - Timnah @ Omen Wapta, ADE, 2024

Further Inward with Sean H

Drifting into deep and metric realms, Berlin-based Sean H takes over the Further Inward series, flowing through unseen currents and unfolding enigmatic patterns. Guiding us through a weightless dimension, her soundscapes shimmer between realities. A passage not taken, yet always present.

I’m very pleased to welcome Sean to Further Inward. I was blown away by her atmospheric and progressive selections on the Area127 and the Monochrome series, in which she morphs effortlessly between odd rhythmic patterns. I’m excited to have her guide us through this polychromic journey.

@seanhorlyck
Visual : @janloup
Dive into the egoless realm - 03/2025
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Further Inward ✧ Sean H

A special mix from our friend 9dwa to celebrate the equinox.

Artist Biography
Hailing from the sunny shores of southern France and co-founder of the Noise Workers collective, 9dwa navigates through various genres and rhythms.
Immersed since childhood in the captivating waves of trip-hop and psychedelic music, he crafts sets where deep grooves intertwine with textured soundscapes. His musical approach blends downtempo, breakbeat, drum and bass, and deep techno elements, always striving to merge experimental and danceable materials, creating immersive soundscapes that transport listeners on a unique auditory journey. 

9dwa
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/009dwa
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/_9dwa_/

Tracklist :
01. Joachim Spieth - Terrain 5
02. Lucid Dreams - Smoke & Mirrors
03. Overlook - Out Of The Unknown
04. Lucid Dreams - Slow-Wave
05. Aisatsaana & Eusebeia - Yuuki
06. Eusebeia - Patience
07. Alessandro Baroncini - Unconditioned Reflex
08. Yushh - OXI Ambigan
09. Paracusia - Mixtape
10. Command D & Gillielove - L’s 
11. Conspired Within - Souls in the Attic
12. Cryptographic - Echo IV
13. Compound - Runout
14. Pavel Milyakov & Lucas Dupuy - deep gtr
15. Euz & Simsaara - Cold Night Prey
16. AQ*8 - reinforcment dub
17. Primal Tribes & Redlum - Void Figures
18. Aykan - Etheric
19. Tuscan - Temple
20. Twuan - Factorize (Silent Era Remix)
21. Sub Basics - Colour
22. Joakuim - Diging
23. Forest Drive West - Curved Path
24. LOIF - As Above, So Below (feat. sina)

9dwa, Equinox Celebration Mix

a liquidity soup of emotions, soft, sensitive and simmering, bubbling quickly before letting go. A moment of reflection, healing, closure. Healing isn't linear. 

Tangela’s style of aural storytelling is as distinct as it is varied. She guides the listener through deep, subby, subterranean worlds, encouraging listeners to float up through spacious, textural soundscapes full of unexpected turns, all with a nimble and playful touch. You’ll find yourself wondering how it is you got here from where you began.

Tangela’s meteoric rise through the underground scene finds its origins in her late night radio show ‘citrus’ on Eora / Sydney’s iconic FBi radio 94.5FM, currently in its fourth year of broadcasting all things “squelchy, wobbly, gooey, twisty”. Her signature style has translated from the airwaves to dance floors across many of Australia’s cult clubs, DIY warehouses and bush raves, including her own as founder of both dstreet and Minutiae Festival. A name impossible to ignore in Australia, Tangela’s sound has been shared internationally via Boiler Room, Future Intel, Lyl Radio, Refuge Worldwide and more.

Versatility is her strength. Equally in her element slowly building though chuggy downtempo, wiggy tek, and dubby breaks as she is whirling through percussive techno, minimal psy and floaty trance. Her sound is undeniably psychedelic, & one with deep connection to the Australian bush she soundtracks so regularly. Organic textures transport you to moments stomping in leafy clearings, hazy morning rays poking through the gumtrees, alongside thumping kicks drenched in subby, dubby, gurgling undertones.

SC : @tangeladj
IG : https://www.instagram.com/tangela__t

#47 - Tangela - Venus Retrograde

071224 | @solmadj | dj set at Evolvere 

next in the series Solma takes you on a journey through a spectral swampy tribal soundscape. 

an immersive experience, where each beat sunk deeper into a ritualistic trance. If you missed it, now’s your chance to feel that dark energy

𓂀𒀭full tracklist on Evolvere instagram𒀭𓂀

artwork by @ubeesnaps

Solma | dj set at Evolvere | 07.12.2024 | recorded in Milan

Tenzia is a Munich-based audiovisual artist exploring the boundaries between sound, structure, and perception. Their work thrives on contrasts, merging the organic with the synthetic, the delicate with the abrasive. As a producer, Tenzia crafts intricate sound design, immersive grooves, and psychedelic sonic environments, drawing inspiration from techno, psychedelic, house, experimental, drum and bass, dub, hip-hop, tek, breakcore, IDM, and beyond.

Productions and performances blur genres and challenge conventions, creating deeply textured and emotive soundscapes. Both visually and sonically, Tenzia’s work defies traditional structures, shifting and evolving with each project.

As part of the Munich-based label and collective IO Records, Tenzia continues to push toward immersive experiences that blur the lines between sound, image, and emotion.

Tracklist : 
Sentient – Void Treader
Vardae – Thoughts
Carmen Villain – Nutrition
A Strange Wedding – Wormhole Breaker (Nadia Struiwigh Remix)
Kaspiann – Tuiskussa Langennut
Jurango – An Amorphous Mass
Easy Changes – Sviat Gepard
Tenzia – unreleased
Albert van Abbe – Yerevan. Afterwards
Tenzia – unreleased
Cafe de la Jungle – Sumu
Sorcery – Temporal Shards
Quelza – Nuage D’Encres
Tenzia – unreleased
Polygonia – Akkala

SC : @tenziasounds
IG : https://www.instagram.com/_tenzia_/
https://mastodon.social/@tenzia


#48 - Tenzia - Dew Point

Emotional Album, Dedicated Mainly To My Dear Older Brother.

Relativo Como El Tiempo

Intro

DJ Handikap - El Tiempo Todo Locura [Intro]

Shanti Kupala

Listen to "SideQuest Nap (Maoupa Mazzocchetti Remix)" by Meli Mena taken from "POLYT001 "COUGH TWICE IF YOU CARE" fa:act / Meli Mena" out on August 29th via Polytope

Pre-order: https://polytopebxl.bandcamp.com/album/polyt001-cough-twice-if-you-care-fa-act-meli-mena

"Our first Polytope EP welcomes two wonder kids from the European bass music scene: the Brussels-based fa:act and Meli Mena from Paris. They have worked hard to deliver you a 6-track, club-ready opus, with a special collaboration and a remix by Maoupa Mazzochetti.

"COUGH TWICE IF YOU CARE" explores the depths of the hardcore continuum with a special twist from these two talented artists:

fa:act created two dancehall-inspired bangers with his iconic touch: "Wizard Bubble" and "Breeze and Riddim".

Meli Mena has produced two high-energy club gems with break influences and IDM resonances: "Hot Girls Get Sad" and "SideQuest Nap."

They both released the already famous 140 bpm club anthem "Dust Drip," which has destroyed many dancefloors all over the world.

All these tracks got the Maoupa Mazzocchetti special analog treatment; he also gifted us with a strong remix of "SideQuest Nap" from our dear Meli Mena."

Links:
Meli Mena
https://soundcloud.com/meli_mena
https://www.instagram.com/meli__mena
Maoupa Mazzocchetti 
https://soundcloud.com/maoupa-mazzocchetti
https://maoupamazzocchetti.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/maoupa_mazzocchetti
Polytope
https://soundcloud.com/polytopebxl
https://polytopebxl.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/polytope.bxl


pre-order / bandcamp

Meli Mena - SideQuest Nap (Maoupa Mazzocchetti Remix) (Polytope)

Genre-fluid mental mix/events series exploring consciousness through sounds.

By @andy_pi and @orsu_trippy

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#44 - Harald Uunk

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